Validation of the Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index in patients with gout
✍ Scribed by Álvarez-Hernández, Everardo ;Peláez-Ballestas, Ingris ;Vázquez-Mellado, Janitzia ;Terán-Estrada, Leobardo ;Bernard-Medina, Ana Guishlaine ;Espinoza, Jesús ;Aceves-Avila, Francisco J. ;Goycochea-Robles, María V. ;Garza, Mario ;Ventura, Lucio ;Burgos-Vargas, Rubén ;,
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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